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The Iowa Department of Transportation expects to have a working prototype within six months.
Plus more public-sector management news you need to know.
A look back at how state and local government workers fared this year in terms of pensions, health care and jobs.
Prosecutors in Alabama and Texas have been jailing pregnant women who have tested positive for drug use. Now Wisconsin is doing it too, even if the women have stopped using drugs.
Almost 40 percent of pension plans examined, even those that have been well-funded, have yet to reach their pre-recession peaks.
Renewable energy industry has used its growing clout to push back against efforts to repeal laws that require utilities to generate more electricity from wind, solar and other renewables.
In Navajo country, coal gives life — and takes it, some say.
With police videos increasingly becoming subject to public disclosure, Seattle police are anxious to develop a fast _ and inexpensive _ way to go through a growing mountain of material and redact sensitive images. They're getting help from local talent.
The potential budget deficit of the state of Alaska, where the falling price of oil is causing severe problems for a state budget based almost entirely on petroleum production.
Caitlin Brook, Bangor, Maine’s downtown coordinator. The City Council approved year-round outdoor dinning in a place where the average high in January is 27 degrees.
The refusals by the religious merchants — bakers, florists and photographers, for example — have been taking place for several years.
Tennesseans who make too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to afford their own health insurance could be eligible for a new health-coverage plan proposed by Gov. Bill Haslam, if the state legislature approves it in early 2015.
The powerful storm lashing Sacramento kept many people home last Thursday, but Rosario Aguilar was not among them. After eight years of living and driving unlawfully in California, the chance to get a legitimate license led him through sheets of rain to an information session held at a community services center tucked behind an Autozone on Fruitridge Road.
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a North Carolina car search, in an 8-1 decision that provides more wiggle room for law enforcement officers who make a "reasonable" mistake about the law.
Gov. Bill Walker submitted a proposed $106 million capital budget to the Legislature on Monday, a spending plan designed to help the state weather a $3.5 billion deficit and one that's a fraction of what the state has spent on capital projects in recent years.
Tucked deep inside the 1,603-page federal spending measure is a provision that effectively ends the federal government's prohibition on medical marijuana and signals a major shift in drug policy.
Plunging oil prices have industry analysts questioning whether the plan to link Canadian tar sands with Gulf Coast refineries still makes economic sense.
Safety officials say rising speed limits in Utah and beyond will bring more, and more ghastly, fatal accidents.
The justices in an unsigned order dismissed an appeal from Arizona state lawyers and let stand a lower court ruling that blocked the abortion regulation from taking effect.
How Irish nationalism in Syracuse, N.Y., resulted in a world-renowned upside-down traffic light.
Thanks to changes in the market, bond ratings don’t mean what they used to.
Virginia Republican Party Chairman Pat Mullins. After being convicted on a charge related to his relations with a 17-year-old girl, Morrissey announced Thursday that he would resign and run again for his seat in January.The politician's plea agreement allows him to report to jail at night but continue to serve in the legislature during the day.
Fixing a failing school may require a complete change in culture. That’s not an easy thing to achieve, but Memphis is trying.
The state's legislature has one of the most extensive page programs still running in the country, paying teens to assist and live like lawmakers.
Republicans haven’t had this much power at the state level in almost a century. But budget constraints may temper their appetite for extreme policies in 2015.
Every state that’s tried to repeal renewable energy standards has failed, but attacks may resurface in several states this year.
Children in several states are missing their free checkups, a trend that could impact the development and long-term health of millions of low-income children.
In the city’s upcoming election, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his critics both paint a portrait of the “two Chicagos” but with dueling interpretations.
Another 14 cities are about to build their own "i-teams." No longer an experimental approach, it's a proven route to cross-cutting accomplishments.
Rhode Island is streamlining its existing and underused program to allow parents to sign their children up for college savings accounts the day they’re born.
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